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USER MANUAL

VIA VAB-950 

 

 Fanless low-power platform for

 

AIoT applications with octa-core

 

MediaTek i500 processor

1.00-10082020-171700

Summary of Contents for 10GMU20600020

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL VIA VAB 950 Fanless low power platform for AIoT applications with octa core MediaTek i500 processor 1 00 10082020 171700...

Page 2: ...ch change VIA Technologies Inc reserves the right the make changes to the products described in this manual at any time without prior notice Regulatory Compliance FCC A Radio Frequency Interference St...

Page 3: ...er cord where people will step on it Always unplug the power cord before inserting any add on card or module If any of the following situations arise get the equipment checked by authorized service pe...

Page 4: ...IC board and SOM module with 2 0GHz MediaTek i500 octa core Processor 16GB eMMC 4GB LPDDR4 SDRAM HDMI USB 2 0 Micro USB 2 0 DSI CSI COM GPIO 2 10 100Mbps Ethernet miniPCIe SIM card slot Wi Fi Bluetoot...

Page 5: ...3 9 Mono Speaker out Connector 17 3 10 MCU Firmware Pin Header 17 3 11 I C SPI GPIO Pin Header 18 3 12 Volume Buttons 19 3 13 IPEX Connectors 19 4 Onboard Jumpers 20 4 1 OS Image Jumpers 21 4 2 Watch...

Page 6: ...agram 12 Figure 20 Battery charger connector diagram 13 Figure 21 DC in connector diagram 13 Figure 22 MIPI CSI 2 connector diagram 14 Figure 23 MIPI DSI connector diagram 15 Figure 24 Touch screen co...

Page 7: ...SIM card slot pinouts 11 Table 9 COM connectors pinouts 12 Table 10 Battery charger connector pinouts 13 Table 11 DC in connector pinouts 13 Table 12 MIPI CSI 2 connector pinouts 14 Table 13 MIPI DSI...

Page 8: ...ed AI processor for deep learning neural network acceleration and computer vision applications including facial recognition object identification and OCR Based on the EPIC 14cm x 10cm form factor the...

Page 9: ...5 0 Audio MediaTek MT6358 HDMI ITE IT66121FN Digital Parallel Interface to HDMI 1 3a transmitter USB TI TS3USB21 High speed USB 2 0 480Mbps 1 2 Multiplexer Demultiplexer Switch with Single Enable Micr...

Page 10: ...esult of testing performed in a testing chamber a number of variables can influence this result Please note that the working temperature may vary depending on the actual situation and environment It i...

Page 11: ...Diagram Figure 1 Layout diagram of the VIA VAB 950 top side Figure 2 Layout diagram of the VIA VAB 950 front panel I O Figure 3 Layout diagram of the VIA VAB 950 back panel I O Figure 4 Layout diagra...

Page 12: ...ions Figure 5 Dimensions of the VIA VAB 950 top view Figure 6 External I O dimensions of the VIA VAB 950 front panel Figure 7 External I O dimensions of the VIA VAB 950 back panel Figure 8 External I...

Page 13: ...6 VIA VAB 950 User Manual 1 5 Height Distribution Figure 9 Height distribution of the VIA VAB 950 top side...

Page 14: ...a single cable The pinouts of the HDMI port are shown below Table 1 HDMI port pinouts 2 2 USB 2 0 Port The VIA VAB 950 is equipped with a USB 2 0 port on the back panel The USB 2 0 port provides compl...

Page 15: ...status and Speed status Table 4 10 100Mbps Ethernet port LED color definition 2 4 Micro USB 2 0 Port The VIA VAB 950 is equipped with a Micro USB 2 0 port on the back panel The Micro USB 2 0 port is...

Page 16: ...elow 2 7 Power Button The VIA VAB 950 comes with a power button featuring a built in power LED indicator green light The power button can support two functions Power On Off and System Suspend Resume T...

Page 17: ...nal 1 Reserved 2 VDD3V3_MPCIE 3 Reserved 4 GND 5 Reserved 6 VDD1V5 7 Reserved 8 USIM_VCC 9 GND 10 USIM_DATA 11 Reserved 12 USIM_CLK 13 Reserved 14 USIM_RST 15 GND 16 USIM_VPP 17 Reserved 18 GND 19 Res...

Page 18: ...he miniPCIe slot enabling the 4G functionality otherwise the SIM card slot will be disabled The SIM card slot is designed for use with 4G modules that do not support built in SIM card slots The pinout...

Page 19: ...used for debugging while the COM1 connector supports RS 232 mode TX RX The pinouts of the COM connectors are shown below Figure 19 COM connectors diagram Table 9 COM connectors pinouts COM Pin Signal...

Page 20: ...ow Figure 20 Battery charger connector diagram Table 10 Battery charger connector pinouts 3 5 DC in Connector The VIA VAB 950 comes with a DC in connector that carries a 12V DC which provides power to...

Page 21: ...mera The pinouts of the MIPI CSI 2 connector are shown below Figure 22 MIPI CSI 2 connector diagram Table 12 MIPI CSI 2 connector pinouts Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 RDP0 14 CLKN 2 RDN0 15 GND 3 GND 16 CL...

Page 22: ...MIPI DSI connector diagram Table 13 MIPI DSI connector pinouts Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 3 3V 18 GND 2 3 3V 19 DSI_D0P 3 NC 20 DSI_D0N 4 LCD VDDEN 21 GND 5 Backlight_PWM 22 DSI_D3P 6 I2C_DATA 23 DSI_D3...

Page 23: ...connector labeled as JTOUCH which is used for connecting the touch screen controller The pinouts of the touch screen connector are shown below Figure 24 Touch screen connector diagram Table 14 Touch s...

Page 24: ...or diagram Table 15 Mono speaker out connector pinouts 3 10 MCU Firmware Pin Header The VIA VAB 950 is equipped with an MCU firmware pin header which is used for flashing the MCU firmware on the Manag...

Page 25: ...GPIO devices The pinouts of the I C SPI GPIO pin header are shown below Figure 27 I C SPI GPIO pin header diagram Table 17 I C SPI GPIO pin header pinouts Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 SPI_CLK 2 SPI_CS 3 SP...

Page 26: ...volume buttons is shown below Figure 28 Volume buttons diagram 3 13 IPEX Connectors The VIA VAB 950 comes with three IPEX connectors labeled CON1 CON2 and CON3 which are used for connecting the Bluet...

Page 27: ...Open The pins are Short when a jumper cap is placed on the pair of pins The pins are Open if the jumper cap is removed In addition there are jumpers that have three or more pins and some pins are arra...

Page 28: ...diagram Table 18 OS image jumpers settings 4 2 Watchdog Jumper The VIA VAB 950 comes with a watchdog jumper labeled as J15 The watchdog jumper is used to enable or disable the watchdog function on th...

Page 29: ...e in order to work well with the VIA VAB 950 Figure 33 Suggested minimum chassis dimensions Each side of the board should have a buffer zone from the internal wall of the chassis The side of the board...

Page 30: ...or the internal ceiling to be evenly flat What is required is that the internal ceiling height must be strictly observed for each section that is highlighted Figure 34 Suggested minimum chassis height...

Page 31: ...0 please visit our website at https www viatech com en products boards embedded boards vab 950 For technical support and additional assistance always contact your local sales representative or board d...

Page 32: ...X8 100S SV connectors diagram J8 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 SPI2_CLK 2 GND 3 GND 4 RDP3_B 5 SPI2_MI 6 RDN3_B 7 SPI2_CSB 8 GND 9 SPI2_MO 10 RDP1_B 11 GND 12 RDN1_B 13 I2S3_DO 14 GND 15 I2S0_BCK 16 RDN2_B...

Page 33: ...MEKEY_SW 87 GND 88 SYSRSTB 89 HP_MP3R 90 PWRKEY_SW 91 AU_REFN 92 EINT_EAR 93 HP_MP3L 94 HP_EINT 95 GND 96 GND 97 EAR_MIC_P 98 AVSS28_AUD 99 EAR_MIC_N 100 VIO28_PMU J9 29 DSI0_D3P 30 IT66121_INT 31 GND...

Page 34: ...VIA VAB 950 User Manual A 2 FX8 100S SV Connectors Placement The following figure shows the placement of the board to board FX8 100S SV connectors on the board Figure 37 FX8 100S SV connectors placeme...

Page 35: ...Mobile Broadband Module Step 1 Align the notch on the VIA EMIO 2574 module with its counterpart on the miniPCIe slot on the VIA VAB 950 Then insert the module at a 30 angle Figure 38 Installing the VI...

Page 36: ...late Insert the washer fasten it with the nut and install the antenna Figure 40 Installing the 4G antenna cable and antenna Step 4 Connect the other end of the 4G antenna cable to the micro RF IPEX co...

Page 37: ...ect the 10 1 TFT LCD display to the VIA VAB 950 C 1 Connecting the 10 1 TFT LCD Display Step 1 Attached the 34 pin FFC cable to the MIPI DSI connector labeled DSI on the VIA VAB 950 and then attach th...

Page 38: ...8 pin FFC cable to the touch screen connector labeled JTOUCH on the VIA VAB 950 and then attach the other end of the cable to the 10 1 TFT LCD display as shown in the diagram below Figure 43 Connecti...

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